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Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth About The "Real" America (2010)

by Dante Chinni(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1592405738 (ISBN13: 9781592405732)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Gotham

review 1: Chinni and Gimpel have done in-depth research on a county level to explore the similarities and differences among the populations across the country. In some ways, their work is similar to that of Joel Garreau, who in 1981 published a book titled "The Nine Nations of North America." Both books seek to understand cultural, economic and political distictions among various groups and regions. Patchwork Nation is more detailed, and identifies twelve categories rather than nine. If you happen to be an economist or political operative and need to consider such details in your work, this information might be highly useful. Otherwise, I believe this work will be interesting, maybe a little entertaining, but not of particular use.
review 2: Interesting report on ou... morer nations 12 major types of communities, determined by various parameters. Details how the makeup of the country is much more diverse then the Red State Blue State dichotomy the mainstream media enjoys portraying this country as. It is a short read, slightly over 200 pages with large appendices in the back. Overall I enjoyed it, but it could have been more entertaining, but I don't believe that is what the author was going for. less

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